- Date
- February 12, 1983, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hampton, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40863Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830212003869A
- Case key
- 6003
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The left main landing gear of the aircraft collapsed during a hard landing. The pilot stated that he cleared tall pine trees north of the runway at about 90 mhp (78 KTS). Shortly thereafter the aircraft started to sink 'real fast'. The pilot stated that he tried to correct the sink rate but the aircraft landed hard collapsing the left main landing gear and damaging the right main and nose gears.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40863
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-743536
- Airframe hours
- 752
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J.W. Fowler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 2, 1982 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 33A · Landrum, SC
- Airport
- 3J0 · Hampton-Varnville, runway 29, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,135 total · 285 in this make and model · 1,090 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 1 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.